Topic: global warming
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The Best Excuse Ever for Getting Your Groceries Delivered: It's Greener
If used right, online grocery services like Peapod and FreshDirect could help reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Maps
Imagining the World's Cities in the Ocean-Dominated 'Hunger Games' Universe
If climate change caused the waters to rise by 500 feet, this is what major international cities might look like.
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For Cleveland, Climate Change Could Mean Tons of Toxic Green Algae
Heavy agriculture and global warming are aligning to produce nasty algae blooms in the Great Lakes, scientists says.
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Maps
Climate Change Is Making Canada Look More Like the United States
The vegetation around Winnipeg now looks as lush as what's growing in Minneapolis, according to a NASA-funded study.
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How NASA Scientists Are Turning L.A. Into One Big Climate-Change Lab
Studying the emissions of megacities like Los Angeles promises to be the next big thing in combating global warming.
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The Surprising Way Airplanes May Be Heating Up the World's Climate
Tantalizing evidence suggests that yes, air traffic is helping give the atmosphere a fever.
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There's No Question: Climate Change Made Superstorm Sandy Worse
Here's the logic: Sandy threw the ocean at the land, and because of global warming, there were about eight inches more ocean to throw.
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What Would New York Look Like If the Storm Surge Was Permanent?
It would be a lot smaller, for one thing.
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A Handy Guide to Global Warming Diseases
As temperatures rise, tropical diseases move into new territory.
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Urban Wonk
Cities That Wouldn't Exist Without Air Conditioning
The invention of the air conditioner is still shaping the future growth of global metros.
